Controlling directional communication equipment
AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
InventorsJunaid ANSARI, Gen LI
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A communication device controls directional communication equipment. In one embodiment, the communication device determines a distance for directionally sensing spectral conditions, and jointly selects an antenna beamwidth and sensing sensitivity with which to directionally sense the spectral conditions based on the distance.
Claims20
A method of controlling directional communication equipment, implemented by a communication device, the method comprising:
- determining a distance for directionally sensing spectral conditions;
- jointly selecting an antenna beamwidth and sensing sensitivity with which to directionally sense the spectral conditions based on the distance;
- directionally sensing the spectral conditions according to the selected antenna beamwidth and sensing sensitivity;
- and
- determining whether or not to transmit based on whether or not the sensed spectral conditions indicate a spectral energy level that is below or above an energy threshold, respectively.
A communication device for controlling directional communication, the communication device comprising:
- a processor and a memory, the memory containing instructions executable by the processor to configure the communication device to:
- determine a distance for directionally sensing spectral conditions;
- jointly select an antenna beamwidth and sensing sensitivity with which to directionally sense the spectral conditions based on the distance;
- directionally sense the spectral conditions according to the selected antenna beamwidth and sensing sensitivity;
- and
- determine whether or not to transmit based on whether or not the sensed spectral conditions indicate a spectral energy level that is below or above an energy threshold, respectively.
A computer storage medium storing an executable computer program, comprising instructions which, when executed on at least one processor of a communication device, cause the at least one processor to:
- determine a distance for directionally sensing spectral conditions;
- jointly select an antenna beamwidth and sensing sensitivity with which to directionally sense the spectral conditions based on the distance;
- directionally sense the spectral conditions according to the selected antenna beamwidth and sensing sensitivity;
- and
- determine whether or not to transmit based on whether or not the sensed spectral conditions indicate a spectral energy level that is below or above an energy threshold, respectively.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.